Hi, Can somebody please write a brief documentation to
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:symbol I'm not sure I understand the tag's use. We are currently discussing the use on the Hungarian mailing list, would be great to have some pointers, "standard". ----IDEAS ONLY - please copy to wiki, adjust, or rewrite---- The symbol tag is used for describing hiking trails by a human readable name. It is usually accompanied with {{Key|osmc:symbol}}, which contains a machine readable description of the hiking trail. Example: symbol = red bar osmc:symbol = red:white:red_bar Implementing software may choose to use a local database for connecting osmc:symbol to an icon and to a name, or it can choose to loud read the value of the symbol tag, if no local naming is available. A routing software may say: "Follow red bear for two kilometers". Similar to {{Key|name}}, you can use international naming options too, for example: symbol = piros sáv (this is Hungarian) symbol:en = red bar ----end of ideas--- However, usage of symbol= does not follow this translation method, because some countries use English naming while others use local naming. I'd recommend to follow "name:LANG" for consistency. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Slovakia/Hiking_routes#Hiking_Routes_Marker_Symbols http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/symbol#values This seems to have some related documentation in German: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:OSMC_Reitkarte#Wie_mu.C3.9F_eine_markierte_Route_aussehen.3F Thanks, Ferenc -- Ferenc Veres http://www.openstreetmap.hu _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
